- justice
- noun1 fairnessADJECTIVE▪ distributive, economic, environmental, natural, racial (esp. AmE), social▪ rough▪
He saw it as rough justice when he got food poisoning from the stolen meat.
▪ vigilante▪the deadliest episode of vigilante justice in American history
▪ divine▪Some people saw the epidemic as divine justice.
▪ poetic▪Maybe there's a sort of poetic justice to it.
VERB + JUSTICE▪ ask for, demand, pursue, seek, want▪All I'm asking for is justice.
▪ achieve, get, obtain▪ promote▪They saw the reform proposals as a way to promote social justice.
▪ serve▪Somebody out there needs to make sure justice is served.
▪ deny sb▪We have been denied justice for too long.
PHRASES▪ a sense of justice▪The teacher's system of punishments appealed to the children's sense of justice.
2 lawADJECTIVE▪ civil, criminal, juvenile▪ restorative▪Restorative justice can only work when all parties agree.
▪ retributive (esp. AmE)▪victims seeking retributive justice
▪ summary▪Civilians were not subject to summary justice.
VERB + JUSTICE▪ do▪Justice must be done in every case.
▪ administer, deliver, dispense, mete out▪those who are ultimately responsible for dispensing justice
▪ bring sb to▪ face▪the battle for Taylor to face justice before the High Court
▪ escape▪So far the robbers have escaped justice.
▪ obstruct▪They were accused of attempting to obstruct justice.
JUSTICE + NOUN▪ department▪ systemPHRASES▪ a miscarriage of justice▪He spent twenty years in prison as a result of a miscarriage of justice.
▪ pervert the course of justice (BrE)▪They were accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
